US4142537AExpiredUtility

Ash tray

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Individually held — no corporate assignee on recordPriority: Sep 28, 1977Filed: Sep 28, 1977Granted: Mar 6, 1979
Est. expirySep 28, 1997(expired)· nominal 20-yr term from priority
Inventors:John E. Fenelon
A24F 19/00
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PatentIndex Score
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Claims

Abstract

An ash tray comprising a first portion having a bottom wall and a continuous wall upstanding therefrom, the continuous wall having a lip on its free end, and a second portion, the second portion having a plurality of concentric members telescopically connected, a first of the members having a free edge thereon shaped complementarily to the lip and engageable therewith to connect the first portion to the second portion, and a screen disposed in the second portion forming a barrier between the bottom wall and an opening defined by said second portion.

Claims

exact text as granted — not AI-modified
Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is: 
     
       1. An ash tray comprising a first portion having a bottom wall and a continuous wall upstanding therefrom, said continuous wall having a lip on its free end, and a second portion, said second portion having a plurality of concentric members telescopically connected, a first of said members having a free edge thereon shaped complementarily to said lip and engageable therewith to connect said first portion to said second portion, and a screen disposed in said second portion in a plane extending parallel to said bottom wall, said screen being about its entire periphery in engagement with interior portions of said second portion, said screen thereby forming a barrier between said bottom wall and an opening defined by said second portion. 
     
     
       2. The invention according to claim 1 in which said first member is provided at its end removed from said free edge with an outwardly extending flange in engagement with an interior wall of a second member and a first end of said second member is provided with an inwardly extending flange in engagement with an outside wall of said first member. 
     
     
       3. The invention according to claim 2 in which said outwardly extending flange is slidable along said second member interior wall and said inwardly extending flange is slidable along said first member outside wall.

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